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Police found and seized a 9 mm handgun from Chad Klahs before putting him in Officer Ryan O’Connor’s car, but he kept a .40 caliber hidden
Police say Officer Kenneth Copeland’s death highlights why departments rely upon tactical teams to serve search and arrest warrants
The woman could have the charges against her dropped if she writes a letter of apology to the officer she struck during a University of Miami football game
Stewart Thomas Mettz, 51, is suspected of shooting Officer Kenneth Copeland multiple times Monday
Deputy Sgt. Randy Harkness, 52, was assaulted after he gave the suspect a courtesy ride to a gas station
Officer Ryan O’Connor was shot in the head by a handcuffed burglary suspect, who later shot himself
It’s not clear when Wade Willard Jr. escaped jail or when he tried to run over the George County deputy
Officer Floyd East Jr. was shot Oct. 9 at campus police headquarters while booking Hollis Daniels III on a drug possession charge
Commissioner Kevin Davis said authorities don’t think Det. Sean Suiter’s planned testimony and his death are connected
Trent Ferree, who killed a deputy’s wife and injured his daughter, told police he was “looking for a victim to run over”
The shooting occurred as the officer and the suspect struggled over a gun
The officer called the man a coward, then took out a tube of K-Y Jelly and said: “You are going to need a lot of this”
State police and Charlottesville police were unable to communicate by radio the day of the rally because they were on different channels, the report said
The officers repeatedly yelled at a man to drop the knife he was holding and then fatally shot him when he moved toward them
Footage from the 2015 incident shows Dabrett Black beating a sheriff’s deputy
Cpl. Seth Kelly was moved out of the ICU and remains in the hospital as he recovers from gunshot wounds to his neck, shoulder and thigh
Officer Phillip Stevens leaned into the vehicle’s passenger window to speak with the driver when an unknown person suddenly appeared and shot at the officers
The officer’s wife suffered non-life threatening injuries after opening a package that was mailed to the officer’s home
Two officers were finishing investigative work in their patrol car when 59-year-old James C. Danforth shot at them
The names of the officers were unveiled on a special memorial tablet in the Hall of Heroes during a ceremony at police headquarters
When Deputy David Cloud tried to talk to a suspicious man, the suspect pulled out screwdriver and aggressively approached the officer
Experts say it’s hard to determine if the number of ambushes are going up or down because no one tracks shootings aimed at cops resulting in no injuries
It has been nearly two weeks since Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez died
Two officers were trying to arrest a man involved in a domestic violence incident when one of the officers was struck by the device
For the first time in six years, University of Cincinnati PD officers will carry TASERs
Ronald O. Hunt, 58, has proven to be a mystery so far for investigators, who struggled to locate any relatives to let any family know that Hunt had been killed
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said Deputy Eric Overall “died trying to ensure that no one else would get hurt that fateful night”
Police said the gunman who took a woman hostage and fired shots from a condominium may have had mental issues
Detective Sean Suiter’s death is the talk of Baltimore, where residents are dissecting details of the case in offices, on street corners and on social media
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